Abortion Deaths - W-Z

Each woman's story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death.

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"Cathy W.," July 11, 1909 Age: 24 Verified self-induced with catheter Margaret Wagner, January 23, 1912 Age: 33 Midwife Caroline Orbach (?) Sophie Wagner, May 2, 1913 Midwife Margaret Widemann, Chicago Stella Wagner, January 14, 1915 Unidentified person Eshter Wahlstrom, December 1, 1928 Age: 23 Dr. Lou E. Davis, Chicago Catherine Wainwright, August 26, 1922 Undetermined Pamela Wainwright, January 16, 1987 Age: 37 Shallowford Community Hospital, Georgia Margaret Waldon, April 15, 1916 Age: 33 Undetermined Willie Pearl Walker, June 1, 1926 Age: 18 Dr. Thomas Ney, Chicago Bessie Wallace, March 6, 1915 Undetermined Lynette Wallace, September 27, 1975 Age: 22 Inglewood Women's Hospital Stella Wallenberg, September 14, 1928 Age: 20 Lay abortionist w/physician accessory Nellie Walsh, February 12, 1907 Age: 28 Dr. Adolph Buettner, Chicago Debra Walton, September 25, 1989 Age: 35 Unspecified physician, Birmingham, AL Dorothy Ward, June 21, 1932 Age: 18 Dr. C. A. Rucker charged with murder Jane Ward October 28, 1947 Age: 22 Dr. Paul Singer, New York Nancy Ward February 8, 1968 Age: 19 Dr. Richard Mucie, Kansas City, MO Martha Watson, February 23, 1928 Age: 26 Undetermined Nicey Washington, June 6, 2000 Age: 26 Ambulatory Surgical Center, Brooklyn, NY Sheila Watley, December 29, 1987 Age: 31 Dr. Richard Cunningham Concerned Women's Center, Houston, TX Diane Watson, August 29, 1987 Age: 27 Dr. Rudolph Moragne Hedd Surgi-Center, Chicago, IL Virginia Watson November 29, 1954 Age: 32 Lay abortionist Roger Brenon Dorothy Webber, February 26, 1943 Age 20 Dr. Henry Gross (?) Amelia Weber, May 19, 1858 Age: 28 Dr. Charles Cobel, Brooklyn, NY Ingar Weber, January 26, 1990 Age: 28 Delta Women's Clinic, Baton Rouge, LA Susan Webster, August 16, 1858 Age: 20 Dr. David R. Brown, Boston Ruth Weir, February 16, 1929 Age: 25 Dr. Maurice Sturm, New York Anna Welger, February 27, 1926 Age: 36 Midwife Theresa Struhala, Chicago Robin Wells, August 2, 1981 Age: 27 Dr. Max Gaujean Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Ohio Elizabeth Welter, September 14, 1925 Age: 19 Dr. Lucy Hagenow, Chicago Irene Wengel, June 12, 1902 Dr. Frederick Weightnovel, Tampa, FL Belle Wertz, December, 1874 Dr. Hilt, Cincinnati, OH Ta Tanisha Wesson, February 1, 1995 Age: 24 Family Planning Associates Medical Group (NAF) Zilphia West, December, 1874 Age: c. 20 Undetermined Mary Wheat, October 8, 1899 Age: c. 30 Dr. S. M. Jenkins (?) Alice White, July 2, 1891 Dr. Scott Helm Ellen White, January 10, 1907 Age: 36 Midwife Ellen Watchek, Chicago Lola Whiteman, December 11, 1928 Age: 21 Midwife Mary Murwaski, Rockford, IL Mary Whitney, May 17, 1924 Age: 26 Dr. Lou E. Davis, Chicago Rauka Wilen, January 13, 1911 Age: 27 Midwife Mary Rominel, Chicago (?) Jessie Wicks, February, 1854 Possible lay abortionist Mrs. M.J. Bord Hazel Wilcox, March 16, 1915 Age: 19 Midwife Julie Petera, Chicago Ada Williams, February 20, 1916 Age: c. 27 Dr. Noble O. Hamilton, Denver, CO Chivon Williams. May 19, 1995, Age 16 Dr. Alberto Hodari, Detroit, MI (NAF) Ellen Williams, March 6, 1985 Age: 38 Dr. Chartoor Singh Dadeland, Miami, FL Madell Williams, July 1, 1936 Age: 19 Unspecified Mary Williams, September 15, 1925 Age: 25 Unspecified Merl Williams April 24, 1937 Age: 21 Midwife Cordelia Moore, Oklahoma Nichole Williams, April 25, 1997 Age: 22 Dr. Robert Crist Reproductive Health Services, Kansas City, MO (NAF) Sandra Williams, December 13, 1984 Age: 30 Unspecified legal abortion facility, Pennsylvania Shirley Williams, January 12, 1980 Age: 30 Unspecified legal abortion facility, Louisiana Julia Williamson, June 6, 1907 Age: 29 Midwife Emily Redemski, Chicago (?) Tanya Williamson, September 7, 1996 Age: 28 Dr. Moshe Hachamovitch, New York Vivian Willis, March 3, 1928 Age: 21 Unidentified practitioner Lakisha Wilson March 28, 2014 Age: 22 Preterm Clinic Loretta Wilson December 23, 1934 Age: 19 Dr. John Becker, New York Mary Ann Wilson, 1837 Unspecified physician, Lowell, MA Carole Wingo, July 22, 1974 Age: 22 Mercy General Hospital, Detroit, MI Mrs. Fred Winkleman, July 21, 1886 Husband a suspect, no prosecution Otilia Winkler, March 2, 1906, Age 23 Midwife Wilhemina Benn, Chicago (?) Elizabeth Winter, November 11, 1916 Age: 28 Cecelia Stejskal, Chicago, profession not determined Miss Winter, July, 1876 Abortifacient from unspecified source Emma Witte, August 20, 1913 Age: 20 Dr. Otis Walker, Chicago Minnie Wittenborn, January 13, 1880 Age: 21 Undetermined Mary Wojnovich, March 2, 1918 Age: 26 Verified self-induced with wooden stick, Pittsburgh, PA Grace Wolf, December 3, 1917 Dr. C. Allen Snyder, Dubuque, IA Virginia Wolfe, July 10, 1998 Age: 33 Dr. Lillian Jones Methodist Women's & Children's Hospital, Bexar Co., TX Emma Wolfer, May 4, 1865 Age: 18 Dr. Charles Cobel, New York Darlene Wood, July 7, 1982 Age: 23 Dr. Regna Rajan Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA Elvira Woodward, April 27, 1871 Dr. Charles P. Wood, Manchester, NH Florence Wright, January 12, 1909 Age: 34 Midwife Louisa Achtenberg, Chicago Gail Wright, March 26, 1986 Age: 29 Unspecified legal facility, New Jersey Virginia Wyckoff, April 24, 1932 Age: 21 Dr. J. W. Eisiminger, Oklahoma City, OK Gertrude Wynants, July 19, 1925 Age: 17 Possible lay abortionist Margaret Shott Higgens, New York "Tessa Z.," June 22, 1909 Age: 29 Unspecified midwife, Chicago Jennie Zablinien, June, 1916 Undetermined Mrs. Vladislaw Zapanc, August 26, 1917 Age: 28 Undetermined practitioner Stanislawa Zagonski, September 30, 1904 Possible lay abortionist Mrs. Alexander Wojtanowski, Chicago, IL Stacy Zallie October 1, 2002 Age: 20 Dr. Steven Chase Brigham American Women's Services, Cherry Hill, NJ Margaret Zito, December 7, 1925 Age: 18 Undetermined Josepha Zrowsky, February 23, 1915 Self-induced, unspecified method, Chicago	The Colonial Era The 19th Century The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s The 2010s	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O PQ R S T UV WXYZ Jane Roes